>> at an indoor swimming pool in japan, water pours down the stair in the wake of the devastating earthquake. video was shot disaster and devastation continue after the deadly earthquake in japan. one of the concerns, fires and explosions at failing nuclear power plant located near the epicenter of the earthquake. we have the latest developments tonight, including fallout concerns surrounding the nuclear power plant and what experts are saying about the possibility radiation could reach the west coast of the u.s. the situation continues to change after friday's devastating earthquake. here is the latest. the death toll is more than 2400 and expects to rise as high as 10,000.

more than 3,000 people are missing. thousands may have been swept away in the tsunami. 450,000 people are in shelters. the earthquake was upgraded to 9.0, making it the 4th largest in the world. explosions and fires are reported at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant. radiation levels there are up. kron 4's jonathan bloom has the latest at the plant and the overall radiation threat there and here. >> reporter: an explosion at fukushima daiichi sents a cloud of smoke and huge chunks of debris flying into the air. the latest of flea explosions after last week's earthquake and tsunami. the four nuclear reactor are housed here and in this before and after picture, you can see

where one of the walls was blown off. those officials said the radiation leaks at the plant were not enough to cause health concerns, the prime minister now asked people to stay at home with the windows closed. those who lost their home thins earthquake and tsunami filed fine evacuation centers. meanwhile members of the u.s. navy may have been exposed to radiation while performing search and rescue missions from helicopter. 17 crew members were exposed to low amounts of radiation. the navy said follow-up tests indicate they will be fine. though some expressed concern radiation could make it to california, he told us the danger is remote. >> practically zero. because there is not that much

radiation. >> what would hap v to happen for us for too be concerned. >> you would have a surnoble- type release. if i had to put it 1-10, chances of that happening are about a 1. >> reporter: jonathan bloom, kron 4 news. we are getting a better look at the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami thanks to gobble earth. the observe and after photographs speak for themselves. the first photo. a shot from above fukushima. this is 2 miles south of the power plant. watch as we transition to the after where you see the massive destruction. another photograph, an aerial view at the nuclear power plant. you can see it's on the ocean coast. watch as we switch to the after photograph. you can see the facility wiped out there. and finally a before

photograph, a satellite image of the peninsula, it's along the coast. it appears to be a agricultural area. watch as we transition to the destruction caused by the earthquake and tsunami. the area is wiped out, covered by mud. well, on the business front, japan is the world's largest economy and its stock average is taking a beating. monday it drops 6%,tuse it is down 12%. toyota is donating $4 million for recovery efforts in the communities effected. japan's number one auto maker stopped production. kron 4's haaziq madyun went to the largest toyota dealer to find out how the earthquake is effecting business. >> reporter: you are looking at what could be the last ship of toyota prius here for some time

due to the earthquake. one toyota is the largest toyota

. >> worst experience i ever experienced in the past 10 years. >> on a train platform, things

got shaky. nobody knew how farer it was going to go. when it was over we breathed a sigh of relief and then we saw all the trains were closed, all the highways were blocked. it took a 5 hour taxi ride to get back into downtown tokyo. hundreds of people were lining up for buses and stores were bear of food. it was -- it was near panic. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the earthquake in japan and log on to www.kron.com anytime for the latest on the situation there. dry conditions this hour. few clouds streaming in, plenty of moisture off store associated with the storm, that brings rain tomorrow. temperatures are pretty mild. warm air filter into the bay area. temperatures not dropping all that much. upper 50s in some places.

58 in hayward, 57 in los gatos. here is what we will see tomorrow, overcast, wet day. rain starting in the north bay, 4:00 a.m. into tomorrow morning rain but some rain down in the south bay in the afternoon followed by afternoon showers. dry tuesday night but showers again on wednesday. one thing that is being credited for saving lives in japan is its earthquake warning system. a similar system could be up and running in california. a look at what

. salvage operations are underway at the santa cruz har,

after last friday's surpneumy surge. this video is from friday. 18 vessels were sunk. 100 boats were damaged and 12 potesboats are unaccounted for. the damage is estimated at $17 million. it is important that they quickly remove those sunken bose. >> all those boats contain fuel, oil, gasoline. if you leave them on the bottom they -- all that fuel will seep out and it floats to the surface. what we are trying to do is get them out of waterer waterer to eliminate the pollution has. >> the santa cruz

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an attempted bank robbery. 4:30 this afternoon a gunman entered the bank of america on tamalpais drive. police arrived with hostage negotiators and made contact with the robber. emplowy and customers were allowed to leave. after several hours of negotiations the suspect did exit the bank on its own. he is in police custody. now for a look at other stories around the bay area today. tuesday is the last day for teachers. we heard estimates in the oakland area of 540 jobs that could be lost. in san francisco as many as 500. reporting in san bruno, jr stone, kron 4 news. >> reporter: over the weekend thieves broke in to east

oakland pride elementary school and ran stacked 30 rooms, getting away with computers, phones and projectors. even a safe was taken. teachers and custodians have been fixing busted windows. officials estimate their total lost in the range of tens of thousands of dollars. maureen kelly, kron 4 news. more rain on the way tomorrow morning. tail end of the system extending down the west coast and off shore. plenty of moisture tomorrow morning. the commute is okay. you can see it, 7:00 hour, mainly dry. light showers in the north bay but heavy rain is approaching. notice the deep shades of orange and red, indicating we could see thunderstorms as this pushes through. 11:00 a.m., deep red, heavy

rain over vallejo and the north bay. as it slides down to the south we are losing the heavier rain. later on in the afternoon another band of heavier showers. this is at 2:00. 3:00, heavy rain over fremont, livermore. later on in the afternoon it dize down and then showers fill in behind 7:00 hour. this is the rainfall totals. 3/4 in the north way. half in the central and east bay and quarter of an inch in the south bay. similar to today. extended forecast. showers on wednesday morning. wednesday afternoon should be dry. as well as thursday, 30% chance of rain. dry conditions on thursday as well. a nice break from the rain before it returns on friday,

bringing colder air. back now to our japan earthquake coverage. japan's early warning system is being credited for alerting people, which allowed many to duck and cover and to get to safety. a similar system is under development in california. kron 4's dan kerman looks at when it might be ready. >> japan spent $3 billion on its system. the brown dots show all warning stations in the country. now, look at california. many stations in the bay area and los angeles, but few elsewhere and that's the problem. >> we don't have the ground to be able to have an operational system. >> reporter: david says even if that happens, california has another problem. >> the other problem, we don't have the infrastructure to

distribute the warnings. you need a medium that will light up everybody's cell phone, get it cross the internet instantaneously. >> reporter: the warning may only be 10-50 seconds before the shake but it can benefits those living 20 miles or farther from the epiy center. >> opening up fire station doors so trucks can get out. in the bay area, bart can slow down their trains, so if you had a 10 second warning you could slow the trains down. >> reporter: early warning system throughout the state of california is feasible but it's not going to happen soon. the earliest may be five years from now. but a lot of work will have to take place between now and then. dan kerman, kron 4 news. in sports, the stanford women's basketball team is the loan bay area representative in

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all right. good evening, everybody. since the all star break the sharks have been flying high. they love to have one of those banners. joey thorton, 17th goal. sharks have a 2-1 lead. and then the 2nd period. did you see the 2nd period? blew them away. chicago stored 5 goals. blackhawks go on for a 6-3 win. sharks travel to dallas tomorrow to take on the stars. nice 1st period. 2nd period blow out. chicago a winner tonight.

here is why the warriors aren't go. they go to sacramento. marcus gets off. a career high 42 points tonight. samuel had career high 27. and keith smart, i don't think it's any question, she coaching for his job this final month. and they couldn't stop thorton. sacramento led by 25. the warriors made it respectable. but thorton was unstoppable. warriors beat up by a bad team. the bay area men are shut out of the ncaa tournament. tar, a number one seed on the women's side. uconn is a number 1 seed, baylor, tennessee. by being number one, stanford gets uc davis at home saturday

and would remain at home. everything in stanford's favor. >> we are excited we have three teams from the pac 10 in the ncaa tournament. the pac 10 is a great conference. you know, i was hoping if we could meet ucla again it would be in minneapolis. we want to do the best week. >> back to the men's side. the ncaa, forget about it. the junior college. san francisco city college for the first time in 49 years won the state championship. the last teach they did it, led by the mvp brad dugan, the court named after him. over the weekend they did the thing. edging at the buzzer on a tip- in. ventura college was the host

site. citrus came up short. >> relief. you know, we haven't celebrated, seemed like the last eight years. this is what we were waiting for. a lot of relief. a lot of excitement. >> city college finished 32-1. winning their last 27 games. spring training, on the negative side for the a's, andrew bailey, their closer suffered an elbow injury. he will be going to alabama tomorrow to be examined by an expert. he had 51 saves in his first two major league seasons. chris carter, they are waiting for him to blossom. he went the distance. cleveland won 9-8. giants lost. matt cain has inflammation in his elbow. >> thank you for telling

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